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 A lock-down at the parliament building in the Canadian capital has been now lifted. Members of parliament in Ottawa have been much of the day, thereafter a government shot and killed a soldier guarding nearby a war memorial. Then, the xxx into government building began shooting. The gunman is identified by Canadian media outlets¹ is 32-years old MZD was shot and killed inside the parliament. GB, member of the parliament, was in the lock-down, he says the country will more forward. Canada has not had any incident like this in the nation's staple² for a very long time. This is quite a nerving, but it's still xxx a nerving, we quickly regroup and we say let's figure out what we have to do next. Police earlier indicated they might be searching for other gun militants³ whether the day were on. Government employees were allowed to leave and go home. Addressing as fellow countryman tonight, Canadian Prime-minister, SH, said today's attack as well as another 2 days ago in which another soldier was killed would not imitate the country. xxx authorities also learned more about the gunman who would be called terrorists and its motorists. Fellow Canadians in the days to come, we'll learn more about the terrorist and any of the accomplices⁴ he may have had. But this week events are a grieve reminder⁵, the Canada is not xxx to the types of terrorists attacks we have seen elsewhere around world. Even before H spoke⁶, President O condemned⁷ the latest incident, which he called out-ranges attack. O also expressed the American people's sorrow with Canada.

 

A man jumped to the fence at White House today, but did not make it very far. As NPR CK reports, 2 dogs aiding to the arrest. According to the secret service, the man jumped the north fence of the White House, and was immediately taken into custody⁸ by uniform secret service officers with the assistance of 2 special trained BM dogs. In television news, for xxx the man is seeing kicking and punching the dogs. A secret service spokesman, the man was taken to a local hospital for an evaluation⁹. This comes in start-contrast to last month incident in which the K-9 unit was deployed¹⁰ and the man with a knife made it all the way into the executive mansion¹¹. A review of what went wrong in that case is do known number first. TK, NPR news.

 

Federal health official, they plan to significantly expand the scope and range of their monitoring for Ebola. According the centers of disease control and prevention. The programme begins Monday would cover all travellers coming to the US. Ebola- stricken west Africa nations would be bounded for any symptoms of the illness for 21 days. CDS says, the programme include data workers, journalists and others returning from Lybia, Sari Lion and Ginni. Usually, the programme would roll out 6 states NY,P,M,N,V and G. 

 

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T is collecting social security benefits, will see a slight rise in their monthly payment next year. Social security administration announced think the cost of living in the Christ for old Americans were total 1.7%. It's the third union role the xxx will cost living in Christ for retire has been below 2%. Nearly 60 million receive social security benefits by allow the annual increases based on inflation which has been running a while below a historic standards.

 

A is protesting to the Russian government about the plane that flew to A's air spaces. TS reports, NATO fight-jets intercepted¹² the Russian aircraft and twice-twice before it managed to dip briefly¹³ into A's air space over the Island of S. Swedish and Danish fight-jests first scramble¹⁴ the Russian plane, then Portuguese's F-16 made visual contact evident chased it away. The ally jets repartee¹⁵ NATO's heavily reinforced air police mission over the Baltic, putting place as attention rose between Russia and Ukraine. The A summoned the Russian ambassador to demand a explaination for what it calls a serious violation¹⁶. For NPR news, I'm TS, in Brussels.

 

Many people who use the internet at any degree of the experienced some form of harassment¹⁷ whether it's been cyber stalking, physical threats, sexual harassment or bullying¹⁸. That's based on a new report out of some pure research center which is found 3 quarter of Americans use the internet witness some form of online harassment. 40% say they experience that themselves. Most likely group to experience some form of online harassment, young adults between the age of 18 and 29. 

 

Crude oil futures¹⁹ price closed lower day, the price will down a dollar and 90 cents a barrel, end the session at 82.52 a barrel in NY.

1 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 staple   

n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类

参考例句：

• Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
• Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

5 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

10 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

11 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

12 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

13 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

14 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

15 repartee   

n.机敏的应答

参考例句：

• This diplomat possessed an excellent gift for repartee.这位外交官具有卓越的应对才能。
• He was a brilliant debater and his gift of repartee was celebrated.他擅长辩论，以敏于应答著称。

16 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

17 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

18 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。